SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Roundup – 10/5/15 to 10/11/15

It was another big week of commitments as swimmers and divers all around the country are making their decisions in advance of National Letter of Intent Signing Period. Archive photo via Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com

Arkansas won 14 of 16 events in their decisive victory over Houston on Friday, January 18th. Peyton Palsha, Anna Hopkin, Vanessa Herrmann, and diver Brooke Schultz led the way for the Razorbacks, each picking up multiple individual wins.

It was another big week of commitments as swimmers and divers all around the country are making their decisions in advance of National Letter of Intent Signing Period (November 11-18, 2015). Some of the more notable verbals came from:

Andrea Vergani and Ethan Young – Cal – Numbers 10 and 11, respectively, on our Top 20 list, Young and Vergani both threw their names into the Golden Bears’ ring this week, joining Albert Gwo, Jack Xie, and Michael Jensen ahead of them.

Taylor Abbott – Tennessee – Abbott (13), one of the nation’s top distance freestylers, committed to the Volunteers and their strong group of distance/open water swimmers. Tennessee also picked up two more verbals this week from Alec Connolly and Nathan Murray.

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About Anne Lepesant

Anne Lepesant is the mother of four daughters, all of whom swim/swam in college. With an undergraduate degree from Princeton (where she was an all-Ivy tennis player) and an MBA from INSEAD, she worked for many years in the financial industry, both in France and the U.S. Anne is currently …